i have so many ideas... cant put em all on this post... but smoother track creation seems to be in order... and also the ability to edit any wave form from imported audio files, and possibly a built in slicer for audio files

a Lyric track. This is not intended to sing the lyrics for you, but give you a means to follow the lyrics and hear the proposed vocal line while the track is being played.

One thing most DAWs don't have is a means to write in and display the lyrics of songs in the sequencer. This would be especially useful in collaborations with a lyricist.

What I envisage is an enhanced MIDI track, which is split in half into text in the top and musical notes in a Piano Roll in the lower half. You can enter text directly into the top half in line with the music in the lower half (lining up the text is the tricky part I reckon!).

Text features should include: sizeable fonts; print option; import(i.e. import from Word then you manually nudge the words to the correct location) and export (either just the lyrics or score mode).

MIDI features should include: ability to assign an instrument so you can hear the lyric line; harmony for backing vocals (but only if they sing the same lyrics at the same time; differing lyrics/timing should require separate Lyric tracks).

If a plugin is unable to be read, it would be good if the user didn't have to delete processes, remove the offending plugin and restart the process.

Perhaps the startup thread could run on a timer when the plugin-read thread is loading the plugins (assuming multithreading of course) and if it exceeds X ms, then it kills the plugin thread, notifies the user of the bad plugin and puts it in a skip-plugin list, and restarts the plugin thread from the point at which it was aborted. This should result in successful startups every time. Note that the skip-plugin list will need some handling in case an update of the failed plugin is released and the user wants to try and read it again.

Also, please follow folder hierarchy in the plugin list according to the VST folder. I store my plugins according to effects (and within that compressors, reverbs, etc) for easy management and fast retrieval. Without this, comparing, say, different comps in a particular track is time consuming and problematic if you have forgotten how many and the names of the compressors you have.

To clarify auto create midi (or audio) regions based on selection, I mean to have the option to click and drag over a specific amount of bars to highlight only a section, and option click to copy or just drag part of the file.

Hot swap tools with a modifier key. EX: You are using the selector (pointer) tool. You temporarily want to cut a region, so you hold S (scissors) to toggle the scissor tool. Once you release S the tool will go back to the previously selected tool. You could have quick keys to toggle all tools.

Also a share screen would be EXTREMELY helpful for novices learning from experts, or simply sharing things you have learned. Think of the share screen feature in skype.

- double click / esc (escape key) : the zoom level is memorized for both states (zoomed in or out).

- 'G' + 'J' : zoom center on cursor/caret (the white blinking one)

- 'H' : hand tool let's you navigate by dragging your sequence around

- tab : switch between zoomed out and in, remembering the previous position

Try these methods and tell us if you need more.

Regarding tools :

- when the arrow tool is selected, you can switch temporally to the pen tool by pressing the cmd key

- to cut a pattern or sample, put the cursor (white blinking caret) at the desired location and do cmd+E. Pattern or sample will be cut where the cursor is. Cursor is snapped according to the snap configuration.

If you ask me the feature I want to have on my DAW are :-AU support-OSC support with a TouchOSC template (with mixer with VU meters, a step sequencer, one page for EQ control, one for software instruments, maybe a step sequencer)-Something like the midi transformer function in Logic-A step sequencer that you can use with any instrument. With a function that allows you to drag your sequence from the step sequencer to your midi track.

-A live audio track for live jamming along sequences. It could be set up like NINJAM, where whatever you play get's delayed say 4, 8 or 16 bars so there's no latency issue for the other members listening in. Basically a audio streaming track with built in extra latency. Ofcourse this would only work for more repetitive music or in looped mode.

-Also, rewire would be nice..So I can pipe audio from my other DAW's.

-One click sample audition is a must! (ala ableton's sample browser)

-It's a bit hard to line up audio/waveforms (in detail view) with the main time signature. The bar lines should be transparent through the sample/waveform.

Clicking in a horizontal scroll bar to the left or right of the active bit should scroll a whole page to the left or right, just like in windowsSimilarly in a vertical scroll bar when you click above or below.

Kudos on the update. Love the return key function as well as the dedicated zoom hotkeys.

More ideas:- collapsible output/channel selection in batch bounce window. It makes it impossible to see the cancel/bounce buttons unless I'm in full screen mode.- scalable individual tracks. It'd be nice to drag the bottom of a channel down and have that one waveform zoom.